Amherst Survival Center director set to leave in June

AMHERST — After overseeing the move of the Amherst Survival Center from its longtime quarters in the former North Amherst school to a new, larger building less than a mile away, its executive director preparing to depart. Cheryl Zoll, 50, will leave her position in June after serving at the nonprofit for just over six years.

Zoll didn’t give a reason for her departure, other than saying she is looking forward to new challenges.“The organization is, I feel, in such a strong position and we’re settled into the new building,” Zoll said. “This is the perfect moment to attract new leadership for the next decade.”

“It is a truly bittersweet moment,” Jan Eidelson, president of the board, said in a statement. “The Survival Center would not have achieved all that it has without Cheryl’s leadership.”…Read more here